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Farmers, Turbo Charge your Farm Profits with Task Management

Turbo Charge your Farm with Task Management

Treat Your Farm Like Business and Make Business Like Profits

Nobody makes a decent profit on the farm by being unorganised, and if they do then the are either lucky or are telling fibs...in both cases they are found out sooner rather than later, both to the detriment of their farm and Bank Manager!

Here are a few tips for running a successful Farm Enterprise and give you extra profit and time for your family

Plan your work day

Farming is the same as running a business and any successful business starts out with a plan. Take the time to assess – where you are now, where do you want to get to and what you need to do to get there. Each day work towards these goals through set tasks.

Record four to five tasks on your Farm Management Pro APP (Link below to the APP and Play Stores)

These tasks should not include day to day routine jobs like “milk the cows” “feed the calves” , these tasks are in addition to your daily chores. For example, spread slurry in top field (11am – 1pm), prepare calving pens for calving season (2- 4 pm), take tractor to garage for service (4.30- 5pm). Write your list first thing in the morning, when your brain is fresh, don’t write down too many – you want these tasks to be achievable and always allow extra time for emergencies.

Put times on your tasks

Estimate and allocate a time span for each task. It helps to focus the mind if you have a start and a finish time for each task. Your brain will process that information more effectively and help you achieve your goal.

Prioritise

Put the most important task on the top, the next important second and so on. Tasks that were not completed should be put on the task list for the next day.

I once worked with a farmer and he said to me “Jim the most important job you have to do in this yard is look after the animals, the animals are priority, even if you get nothing else done in the day, once you have looked after the animals, other jobs like welding a yard scraper, changing a filter can wait” his motto was “the money is in the cows/cattle” not in the yard scraper. So was his priorities right?

Plan your personal day

Write down personal things that you need to do on each day – take the children to a match, visit the dentist, call to see a friend that’s in hospital and so on. It is important to give time to personal tasks. It might be difficult to do sometimes with a busy work schedule, but it is important to allocate personal time and allow yourself to take it.

Apply the Army policy

The army have a policy called (PDR) Plan, Do, Review. This can be applied to any business or indeed farm.

Strike off completed tasks

A Farmer once said to me “I get great satisfaction in striking the biro across the page when that job is finished” and he is absolutely right, there is great satisfaction in striking off completed tasks – try it!

If you succeed in completing four or five key or priority tasks every day at the end of the week you will have 30 jobs completed or put another way, 30 goals achieved. In any type of workplace that is a good week’s work.

In Summary – Your task list:

Get yourself the Farm Management Pro Phone APP

Record 4/5 key tasks down every day

Prioritise these tasks

Tick them off as you complete them

If you don’t get them done today move them on to tomorrow

Put times on each task

Include personal/family goals and give time to them

Review at the end of the day and end of the week.

Download the Farm Management Pro App for Free On Google Play And the App Store and Start managing your Farm Tasks on your phone

Farm Management in your Pocket. Your All in One Farm Management App packed with features to help you manage all your farm Animals (Dairy, Beef Drystock, Sheep, Pigs, Horses, even your dogs), Crops, Fields, Animal Treatments, Tractor and Machinery Service History. Track your Farm staffs Timesheets, farm tasks, even farming notifications. This App has it all. Try it for free, you will never look back.

Feature List:

Farm Task Manager-Plan ahead and never miss a farm task againRecord all you animal Details-Date of Birth to Date of SaleRecord your All Treatment Purchases for Medical ComplianceManage Animal Event such as HeatsManage all your Field Details and notesManage your Fertiliser purchased and applied to fieldsManage your Lime purchased and Applied to FieldsMonitor Grass growthManage and record all chemical purchased and appliedRecord all Feed PurchasesRecord all Machinery Details and Service HistoryRecord all Farm Workers Time-sheets and costs- Collect your Employees Digital Signature on each Timesheet for Sign offFarming Reminders-Never Miss a Farm Event or Task Again-Set an Alarm!Need to brush up your farming skillet? Use the E Learning Videos option to learn a new skill all within the Apps